Lesson Plan 1 Objective:
To introduce students to the project
Discuss elements of nonfiction Materials:
Book about Honeybees Procedure:
Read a book about honeybees to your class
Discuss with students how the format of the nonfiction books differs from
pictures books
Point out elements of nonfiction
Prepare KWL about nonfiction books
Begin a project word wall Activity:
Break students into groups and have them record three things they learned about Honeybees. Lesson Plan 2 Objective
Teacher will become familiar with connecting LCD projector to laptop
Teacher and student will be come familiar with identifying hyperlinks on a web page
Students will gather information about Honeybees. Materials:
LCD projector
Laptop
Internet connection Procedure:
Demonstrate how to connect LCD projector to laptop
Launch an Internet Browser
Type www.yahooligans.com in the address bar
Put honeybees in the search bar
Demonstrate hyperlinks
Distribute Research Inquiry Worksheet
Assign students to their cooperative groups and questions Activity:
Teacher reviews website with students
Students write answers to their assigned question on the Internet inquiry sheet
Students share their answers
Lesson Plan 3 Objective
Students will use trade books to do additional research on Honeybees
Students will observe the elements of nonfiction during research
Introduce using table of contents, graphics and captions to find information Materials:
Various trade books about Honeybees
Research Inquiry Worksheet Procedure:
Teacher models how to use the table of contents, graphics and captions to find information. Activity:
Students gather in their cooperative groups with their Research Inquiry Worksheet
Using trade books they research answers to their respective questions using table of contents, graphics and captions.
Add new words to word wall
Lesson Plan 4 Objective:
Students write a table of contents
Students create a glossary Materials:
Various trade books
Overhead projector Procedure:
Use trade books about Honeybees to model table of contents and glossary Activity:
Students create a table of contents for their topics
Each group chooses three to five words for the glossary
Students obtain definitions for the glossary
Lesson Plan 5 Objective:
Students create a bibliography
Students create About the Author’s page Materials:
Basic bibliography format for books and websites
Overhead projector Procedure:
Use trade books about Honeybees to model bibliography
Students share one sentence about themselves Activity:
Each group creates a bibliography for resources
Students write one sentence about themselves
Lesson Plan 6 Objective:
Teachers and students will be able to use Power Point template
Teachers and students will be able to save template to desktop Materials:
Computer
Power Point Template
LCD Projector Procedure:
Connect LCD projector to laptop
Open Power Point Template
Model how to type in template Activity:
Type in template
Save and name template
Lesson Plan 7 Objective:
Teachers and students will learn how to import a graphic into Power Point
Teachers will learn how to create a folder on the desktop Materials:
Computer
Power Point Template
LCD Projector
Internet connectivity Procedure:
Connect LCD Projector to laptop
Model how to create and name folder
Model how to download graphic
Create and name a folder on desktop
Go to Google and make sure sure you check the IMAGES tab
Type in honeybee anatomy or honeybee
Choose and Click on one of the images
Save the image to the folder
Click BACK to get back to your Google page
Repeat these steps until you have enough pictures to continue
Model how to import and resize graphic into Power Point Activity
Create and name folder
Search for graphics that compliment text
Download and save graphic to folder
Open Power Point import and resize graphic
Lesson Plan 8 Objective:
Teacher will be able to use the scanner
Save scanned work into graphic folder on desktop
Import scanned work into Power Point Materials:
Computer
Scanner
Student artwork Procedure:
Model how to connect scanner to laptop
Create and name a new folder on desktop
Model how to scan student artwork
Model how to import scanned artwork into Power Point Activity:
Scan in student artwork
Save work into folder on desktop
Import work into Power Point
Lesson Plan 9 Objective:
Teacher and students will be able to print Power Point template
Teacher will be able to use Lintor publishing materials to bind book Materials:
Printed template
Lintor publishing materials Procedure:
Print out Power Point Template
Follow procedures that accompany Lintor publishing materials Activity:
Print Power Point Template
Assemble book using Lintor publishing materials
Other Activities
The class can create a "honeycomb" of bee facts at an activity suggestion center. Set out several books about bees, and provide paper pieces cut into the shape of a honeycomb cell. Students can visit the center and read about bees. When they find a new bee fact, they can write it on a piece of the hexagonal paper and add it to a growing honeycomb bulletin board.
Lesson Plans
Lesson Plan 1Objective:
To introduce students to the project
Discuss elements of nonfiction
Materials:
Book about Honeybees
Procedure:
Read a book about honeybees to your class
Discuss with students how the format of the nonfiction books differs from
pictures books
Point out elements of nonfiction
Prepare KWL about nonfiction books
Begin a project word wall
Activity:
Break students into groups and have them record three things they learned about Honeybees.
Lesson Plan 2
Objective
Teacher will become familiar with connecting LCD projector to laptop
Teacher and student will be come familiar with identifying hyperlinks on a web page
Students will gather information about Honeybees.
Materials:
LCD projector
Laptop
Internet connection
Procedure:
Demonstrate how to connect LCD projector to laptop
Launch an Internet Browser
Type www.yahooligans.com in the address bar
Put honeybees in the search bar
Demonstrate hyperlinks
Distribute Research Inquiry Worksheet
Assign students to their cooperative groups and questions
Activity:
Teacher reviews website with students
Students write answers to their assigned question on the Internet inquiry sheet
Students share their answers
Lesson Plan 3
Objective
Students will use trade books to do additional research on Honeybees
Students will observe the elements of nonfiction during research
Introduce using table of contents, graphics and captions to find information
Materials:
Various trade books about Honeybees
Research Inquiry Worksheet
Procedure:
Teacher models how to use the table of contents, graphics and captions to find information.
Activity:
Students gather in their cooperative groups with their Research Inquiry Worksheet
Using trade books they research answers to their respective questions using table of contents, graphics and captions.
Add new words to word wall
Lesson Plan 4
Objective:
Students write a table of contents
Students create a glossary
Materials:
Various trade books
Overhead projector
Procedure:
Use trade books about Honeybees to model table of contents and glossary
Activity:
Students create a table of contents for their topics
Each group chooses three to five words for the glossary
Students obtain definitions for the glossary
Lesson Plan 5
Objective:
Students create a bibliography
Students create About the Author’s page
Materials:
Basic bibliography format for books and websites
Overhead projector
Procedure:
Use trade books about Honeybees to model bibliography
Students share one sentence about themselves
Activity:
Each group creates a bibliography for resources
Students write one sentence about themselves
Lesson Plan 6
Objective:
Teachers and students will be able to use Power Point template
Teachers and students will be able to save template to desktop
Materials:
Computer
Power Point Template
LCD Projector
Procedure:
Connect LCD projector to laptop
Open Power Point Template
Model how to type in template
Activity:
Type in template
Save and name template
Lesson Plan 7
Objective:
Teachers and students will learn how to import a graphic into Power Point
Teachers will learn how to create a folder on the desktop
Materials:
Computer
Power Point Template
LCD Projector
Internet connectivity
Procedure:
Connect LCD Projector to laptop
Model how to create and name folder
Model how to download graphic
Create and name a folder on desktop
Go to Google and make sure sure you check the IMAGES tab
Type in honeybee anatomy or honeybee
Choose and Click on one of the images
Save the image to the folder
Click BACK to get back to your Google page
Repeat these steps until you have enough pictures to continue
Model how to import and resize graphic into Power Point
Activity
Create and name folder
Search for graphics that compliment text
Download and save graphic to folder
Open Power Point import and resize graphic
Lesson Plan 8
Objective:
Teacher will be able to use the scanner
Save scanned work into graphic folder on desktop
Import scanned work into Power Point
Materials:
Computer
Scanner
Student artwork
Procedure:
Model how to connect scanner to laptop
Create and name a new folder on desktop
Model how to scan student artwork
Model how to import scanned artwork into Power Point
Activity:
Scan in student artwork
Save work into folder on desktop
Import work into Power Point
Lesson Plan 9
Objective:
Teacher and students will be able to print Power Point template
Teacher will be able to use Lintor publishing materials to bind book
Materials:
Printed template
Lintor publishing materials
Procedure:
Print out Power Point Template
Follow procedures that accompany Lintor publishing materials
Activity:
Print Power Point Template
Assemble book using Lintor publishing materials
Other Activities
The class can create a "honeycomb" of bee facts at an activity suggestion center. Set out several books about bees, and provide paper pieces cut into the shape of a honeycomb cell. Students can visit the center and read about bees. When they find a new bee fact, they can write it on a piece of the hexagonal paper and add it to a growing honeycomb bulletin board.